Shanks ideas?

[tarponhead]

I like to dust them in seasoned flour, brown them off in a stock pot then remove, then sweat some diced onions and grated carrots and celery down and remove the from the pan. Pour in a bottle of Guinness to deglaze, add back in the shanks and veg, plus beef stock, Worcester source, smoked garlic, thyme and bay leaf, tomato puree and mushrooms. Put a cartouche on top, stick in an oven at 160 for 4 hours and done.

And then add a puff pastry top to make a pie.

 

[Sanjay]

That looks the bollocks

Cheers, definitely doing it again. Hardest thing is sawing the bones neatly without a bandsaw - i've got a fischer butchers saw but think I need a finer blade for it for that stuff. Oh and you need a big tall pot if you're going to do it with the shanks stuck upright like that!

 

[muddy42]

What's the chance I can cross cut them while frozen with a large hacksaw or wood tenon saw without regretting my decisions

I think that's a great idea. Im going to try cutting them when still frozen. A bandsaw would be ideal.

 

[ABL]

How about Kleftico if you want something a little drier?

 

[NickJ]

We eat roe shanks weekly (one of the bits left over when the landowners have had the prime cuts) and I'd honestly say I prefer their flavour and texture to the aforementioned prime. Favourites recipes include:
Curried (including rogan josh and biriyani)
Morrocan tagine
Basically any lamb shank recipe adapted including: Ale barley lamb shanks | Jamie Oliver lamb recipes

 

[Bo Diddley]

The Closer The Bone, The Sweeter The Meat.

 

[Sanjay]

I think that's a great idea. Im going to try cutting them when still frozen. A bandsaw would be ideal.

Frozen certainly easier to get a grip on! Sorta thing that would be worth clamping in a vice haha if you had a lot to do.

 

[VSS]

One of the best bits of a deer

 

[User00056]

Also works well with roe shoulders, if you can braise a whole one or two and layer it in a big casserole with the rice etc. Will write up the full recipe one day.

Oh God, please do! Biryani is my absolute favourite Indian dish. A colleague's wife once made it for me, and it was one of the best things I've ever eaten!

 

[weblyish]

Some excellent suggestions here which are all going in the list

The votes are in at home and the boys have insisted on taco Carnitas type thing this week for the first batch and a massive Biryani next week when we have some friends over

house currently smells amazing as some smoked chilli and cumin scent permeates everything for the next 6 hours

Thanks again all

 

[sauer]

Never done a biriyani.....
Must investigate

 

[User00056]

Never done a biriyani.....
Must investigate

Jeet in Forfar do a superb one, if you're ever looking for a good meal out?

 

[JockStalk]

recently been vac packing roe shoulder split into 2 pieces with a hock and a shank. I find it saves me time butchering and gives a decent amount of meat for a big stew etc.
One on the go tonight with an added half kilo of diced neck.
Onions, carrots, bay leaves, bouquet garni, 1/2 bottle of red wine, topped up with stock to just cover, tablespoon of dark cherry jam. 3-4 hours at a simmer.
Mushrooms will go in at the end then cornflour slurry to thicken. Fine grub for a winter night.

 

[TheOldTool]

How do you cut the Osso bucco sections? I have 4 nice shanks I would like to try this one with.....

 

[Demetrius]

Dust with flour, brown, slow cook with celery, onion, carrot, mush, red plonk, bayleaf, thyme, garlic, salt, pepper...serve with sweet potato mash and steamed red cabbage.
Very tasty, and colourful...

D.

 

[75]

How do you cut the Osso bucco sections? I have 4 nice shanks I would like to try this one with.....

Knife through the meat and then butchers saw through the bone. Won't be as clean as a bandsaw but they fall to bits in the slow cooker any way so no one will judge

 

[RM100]

I too love the osso bucco recipe above. Delish.

Equally, the biryani sounds top notch, might have to give it a go!

 

[Heym SR20]

Biryani - here is my recipe, unashamedly copied from Dishoom but with venison instead of lamb.

I put all the shanks into the freezer and from time to time on a warm sunny day the hound gets an Ice Cream - give it to her from the freezer and she takes several minutes to tear of all meat and then chews all the tendons. I keep an eye on her so that when she is down to the bone I take it off her. Break it open and pull out and give her the marrow. I am not keen on sharpish bones going into a dog although it’s probably not an issue with raw bone. mind you a good friend is a vet and she makes a lot of money from dogs that have eaten smallish bones, including Roe deer sized shins.

 

[shakey jake]

Biryani - here is my recipe, unashamedly copied from Dishoom but with venison instead of lamb.

I put all the shanks into the freezer and from time to time on a warm sunny day the hound gets an Ice Cream - give it to her from the freezer and she takes several minutes to tear of all meat and then chews all the tendons. I keep an eye on her so that when she is down to the bone I take it off her. Break it open and pull out and give her the marrow. I am not keen on sharpish bones going into a dog although it’s probably not an issue with raw bone. mind you a good friend is a vet and she makes a lot of money from dogs that have eaten smallish bones, including Roe deer sized shins.

not sure i saw that recipe in dishoom

 

[Freeforester]

I too love the osso bucco recipe above. Delish.

Equally, the biryani sounds top notch, might have to give it a go!

Shame it’s nae scratch ‘n’ sniff: roe neck osso bucco, second days, first go..